Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-29
Robbed His Employer.

Adolph Jean, who owns a ranch at May
hew's Station, on the Sacramento and
Placerville Railroad, called at the Sheriffs
office yesterday and made complaint that
his room at the ranch had been entered by
a thief and robbed. His statement was
that he got up when called to get ready for
breakfast yesterday morning, and went out
into the kitchen to wash. He did not lock
his door when he went out, but on return
ing few minutes later, he locked it. After
breakfast he and two of his employees went
into the fields to work, leaving in the house
Louis Joffre, whose duties were those of
cook, but he also worked in the field to
fill out the time. At noon Jean and his
companions returned to the house to din
ner, but found all the doors locked. Joffre
was not to be seen, neither was the dinner.
These circumstances were so strange and
unusual that Jean thought he would in
spect the house, and found on opening a
drawer in his room in which he kept his
money that it was all gone-S92. One of
the other men also reported a loss of 81
from the pockets of his clothing, left hang
ing in a room. Jean, owing to the absence
of Joffre, and other facts, believes that the
latter took the money, but still he can
hardly credit it, as they had lived on such
friendly terms-in fact as he said, he
would as soon suspect brother He owed
Joffre $32 which reduces the amountof the
loss to $50, if Joffre was the appropriation.
PREsENTATIoN.-A.J J. Rhoads evidently
has keen appreciation of our
local mill tary boys and the services they
render the State. In order not to be out
done by the regimental officers and men
in honOTing their late Colonel, he yester-
day presented a very handsome gold match
box with beautiful quartz settings to
Colonel Sheehan, who was kept busy all
day showing it to his friends. tits a yalu
able present and apparently is highly
priced By the recipient, vino considers it
regimental property in so far that he has
christened il Frank Rhoads First Ar
tillery Matchbox
TAKEN TO RosEvILLE.-Deputy Sheriff
Lamphrey, of Roseville, came TO the city
yesterday to meet the remains of George
W. Hill, who committed suicide at Han
ford Saturday evening, they having been
forwarded by the Western Pacific train,
and in the afternoon they were taken by
him to Ruseville for interment. Mr.. Hill
was agent for the railroad company at
Roseville for long time, but took situa-
ton elsewhere about year ago. He was
one of the company's oldest employees. He
leaves wife and four children, living at
Roseville.
AMPUrATIoN NEcEssARY.-A few weeks
ago Henry Bell, hostler employed in one
of the livery stables of the city. cut his
thumb accidentally, and the wound failing
to heal, his blood became poisoned, and
his left arm terribly infiamed. He was
sent to the county hospital, where it was
found that gangrene had set in, and last
Friday the arm was amputated above the
elbow. He was yesterday doing well, and
will probably recover.
VAN KIEEK's CAsE.-In Department
Two of the Superior Court yesterday, when
the case of Geo. Van Kleek, the young man
charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses from Mrs. Knauer, of the Old
William Tell House. was called, the de-
PENDANT pleaded guilty. The Court then
sentenced him to six months imprison-
ment in the county Jail.